Doriocourt v. Lacroix

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Manning, C. J.

Tlio plaintiff sues for damages for non-fulfillment'of contract of sale of certain property .in New Orleans. The defendant had permitted his property to become imperiled by the accumulation of arrears of taxes, unpaid for several years, and finally arranged with the city for a sale of several portions of it, which were duly advertised. At this sale the plaintiff bought an improved lot for three thousand two hundred dollars, complied with the terms by paying on the spot ten per •centum of the bid to the auctioneer, and received the proces…